[applause] good morning, all. Thank you for having me. You have heard about the big guns from wayne and jim. When i would like to speak about s first plan for victory at gettysburg, at least one part of it. And the fighting on july 3 in the morning there went on for seven straight hours, some of the longest sustained fighting at gettysburg and amost in the whole war, but relatively unvisited area of the field. Focus was largely on july 2, decisive leadership on the union right, small unit , namely george s. Greene and how that leadership made a dramatic difference in the outcome there. Works, ilove when it would like to speak about july 3 dawn on, how leadership in the struggle played out for culps hill. Derailedof the potomac lee was not served by subordinates. , judgment made by both sides, some fog of war and man lead to costly maneuvers, yet the courage and determination when you look at these fellows speaks maryams volumes of the type of men who fought at gettysburg. On july 3, th
Look at my school record, im always second best. Second beset on the debating team, fourth best on the tennis team, played second lead in the operetta, ranked 11th best in the scholarship. Well id say thats actually an enviable record. Well its just not good enough for me. Im getting sick of being a jack of all nothing. An alsoran. Someday, somewhere, at some thing and i dont care what it is. Id like to be the best. Numbero uno, just once. And if i were you, i wouldnt go around mimicking a mediocre maude like me. phone rings hello . Yes she is. Whos calling . Just a minute. Its george caster. Oh him, tell him i just left. Im sorry she just left. Betty, im ashamed of you. Oh, i know why he called. To ask me for a date tomorrow night and i happen to know phone rings you see im even fourth choice on his list. Just a minute. Its your boyfriend, gordon. Oh, well him ill talk to. Hello gordy. No of course i havent forgotten this is our our evening together. Will your aunt be leaving the same
The presiding officer the majority leader is recognized. Mr. Reid i ask unanimous consent the call of the quorum be terminated. The presiding officer without objection, so ordered. Mr. Reid mr. President , i would renew my request that was just denied. I would also add to that that i be recognized at 7 30. The presiding officer is there objection . So ordered. A senator mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from ohio. Mr. Brown thank you, mr. President. I ask unanimous consent to dispense with the quorum call. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Brown thank you, mr. President. Its with pride and humility i thank my colleagues for passing senate bill 381 last night. Once passed by the house and signed by the president this will bill award congressional gold medals to the surviving world war ii heroes we know as the doolittle tokyo raiders. The effort to pass this bill has been a personal one for me. I thank 78 of my colleagues who have cosponsored the resolution. It
And i would like to say i appreciate them. We are grateful for them as well. Im brooke baldwin. Its thanksgiving. Thank you so much for being with me. Happy thanksgiving to you. And in the holiday spirit here, the president is giving thanks to americans who deserve it most, like the men you just saw there. Our u. S. Military overseas. He talked earlier to video to troops Via Video Conference in iraq and turkey, afghanistan, the persian gulf and the Arabian Peninsula and those assisting in syria, and he also visited a coast guard station there in florida where he spotlighted the 16,000 lives the coast guard saved after hurricane harvey. Think about that for a second. And as the president heaped a lot of praise, of course, to those willing to make the ultimate sacrifice, he also hailed his own achievements. We opened it up. We said, go ahead, were going to fight to win. Were not fighting anymore to just walk around. Were fighting to win. And you people are really youve turned it around o
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